University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork |
University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork - or more commonly University College
Cork (UCC) - is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland located in Cork City.
The university was founded as a college in the 1840s under the original name of Queen's College, Cork which became
University College, Cork under a charter issued after the Irish Universites Act, 1908 became law. The terms of
the Universities Act, 1997 were used to rename the university after resolution by the Senate of the National University
of Ireland.
Student numbers, currently at over 14,000, have increased greatly since the late 1980s, necessitating the expansion of the
campus by the acquisition adjacent buildings and lands. However the Boole Library, named after the first professor of
mathematics George Boole, has not expanded in line with the rest of the
university, its lack of space and long queues are legendary.
The university was named "Irish University of the Year 2003-2004" by the Sunday Times, UK.
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